Three Little Beers (1935) User Reviews

These Guys Are Dangerous On The Course & In The Streets

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 26 May 2007]

The Panther Beer Company is having trouble getting their deliveries done on time, so they hire three new guys. You can guess whom! They get off to a bad start when they spill one barrel of beer on top of the company president's head!

It's also time for the beer company's annual golf tournament. Coincidentally, the first beer run is at the fairly-swank golf course. Needless to say, the boys don't exactly fit in at the golf club.

The Stooges trying to play golf is, of course, ludicrous with some classic scenes. By the time they are done, they've ruined the course. The greens-keepers - all with strong Italian accents - are going out of their minds.

The best part of this might not have been the golf but final few minutes when they run away and spill all the beer barrels out of their truck and mayhem ensues in the streets. It's corny; it's stupid, but it is classic Stooges slapstick humor, reminiscent of the silent comedy era which was less than 10 years before this was made.

Note: This is one of those movies in which they spell Curley with an "e." Most of the time, it's "Curly."

Three Little Beers (1935) ***1/2

[JoeKarlosi · 9/10 · 26 January 2013]

Exceptional early comedy from The Three Stooges, taking them out on the golf course where they completely destroy the grounds and make life miserable for the members of a golf club. Moe, Larry and Curley don't know how to play, of course, but that doesn't stop them from joining in anyway after the beer distributor they work for offers a chance for its employees to win one hundred bucks at their annual golfing tournament. Some pretty good lines here and there too, in addition to the expected physical zany routines. A good place to start for first-time Stooge viewers.

***1/2 out of ****

Shooting golfs without guns

[slymusic · 29 August 2009]

"Three Little Beers" is a classic Three Stooges comedy directed by Del Lord. Moe, Larry, and Curly are hired as deliverymen for the Panther Brewing Company, but they of course prove to be no help in improving delivery service. When they learn that their brewing company is sponsoring a golf tournament (first prize is $100), they sneak onto a golf course to practice. You guessed it - they are even worse at golf than they are at delivering barrels of beer.

Highlights: Larry hoists a beer barrel on a rope, gets smacked behind the head, and loses his grip; the barrel crashes down on Mr. Panther himself! The Stooges perform their "Press-Press-Pull" routine in order to muzzle their way onto the golf course. Curly chops down a tree in order to retrieve a golf ball, Moe keeps slicing holes on the green trying to hit his ball, and Larry pulls out a lengthy root in the ground and completely ruins the green. Near the end, all the barrels fall off the Stooges' beer truck, creating a hazard for the Stooges, a policeman, and the traffic.

By the time "Three Little Beers" reaches its conclusion, the Stooges have made a huge shambles out of everything in sight!

it really is one of the best 3 stooges short

[Deneb · 10/10 · 18 January 2006]

this is definitely one of my favourite 3 stooges short. i've watched it over and over again and laugh out loud every single time.

i watched 3 stooges as a kid every Saturday morning with my dad, and am only just rediscovering them. watching them now, i didn't think i would like them, as i've grown up and my tastes have changed -- and it's true -- i love the 3 stooges now!

the title is a little misleading, as most of the action occurs on the golf course and not with the stooges' job as beer delivery men.

one thing that makes this short so good is that the stooges split up and create havoc on the golf course on their own, in their own equally funny way. this lets Larry and Curly, for instance, make trouble without Moe there to stop them.

my favourite line in this short has to be when the stooges noisily approach a man who is just about to tee off, and the golfer asks them to be quiet - and Moe replies: "oh, you've got secrets, eh?"

Golf has never been so funny!

[courtad6 · 10/10 · 25 March 2000]

What do you get when you add Three Stooges and eighteen holes of golf? The greatest comedy short ever caught on film!

Moe, Larry, and Curly are working for a brewing company in this one. They hear about the upcoming company golf outing and decide to get in some practice so that they can win the prize money. But putting those three guys on a golf course is bad news for the course! I've never seen such big divots! Even when I play golf! And the ending leaves me rolling on the floor every time I see it. Yes, the laughs certainly are on par.

This is my favorite Stooges short by far. A big whopping 11 out of 10!

My Favorite in a very tough field.

[keinheuser · 10/10 · 7 January 2007]

******spoilers for anyone who has yet to see this short******* Beer, golf and the Stooges what more can a man ask for? All around great short with classic (in a stooge sense) moments from each.

Two great "Larry Moments": 1) As the barrels of beer roll down the hill, Larry climbs a tree to avoid them. A barrel rolls past the tree and Larry sticks his tongue out at it. Another approaches and hits a rock bouncing up and knocking him off the tree and into fresh cement.

2) Curly is washing his clothes in the ball washer (if that's not funny enough) and Moe asks him whats he doing? Very un-PC, but Larry says, in a Chinese accent, "oily stainy - washy shirtie". Great stuff!

THE ULTIMATE EPISODE TO WATCH!!!

[shiftyitaliano2001 · 10/10 · 10 May 2002]

This is by far the best short episode i have seen, the most madcapped, slapstick episode created. Moe, Larry and Curly each exhibit their best performances as wannabe golfers, who in their usual way, ruin almost an entire golfcourse, i couldn't get over the laughs in this one! definate 10 out of 10 material!

As usual funny as ever and the brewery name funnier than them.

[Bijou-5 · 7/10 · 15 April 2000]

Dated of course, but with the upcoming movie there will be much renewed interest in the Stooges. Still funny after 65 years, the boys will be around for a long time as generation after generation dicovers them.

Bijou5

Great one!

[Movie Nuttball · 10/10 · 12 March 2003]

One of the best Three Stooges shorts is Three Little Bears!Bud Jamison was very good.When the Stooges are golfing its so funny.The two workers who discover what they are doing to the golf course is very funny as well!Check out this great Three Stooge short!

Tearing Up The Golf Course

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 21 January 2011]

Three Little Beers is one of those comedy short subjects where you see a gag right from the beginning and can hardly wait for it to be pulled. Moe, Larry, and Curly are delivery men for a brewery and when you see how they pile the kegs in their delivery truck, you know something is going to happen and you spend most of this very short subject waiting for the payoff.

The boys read about a company golf tournament and decide to bone up on a game they know nothing about. Dressed as nattily as Walter Hagen or Bobby Jones they literally tear up the golf course and the groundskeepers and other golfers end up chasing them. That's where those piled high kegs of beer come into play. Need I draw you a picture?

Enough to drive anyone to drink or many laughs.

The Three Stooges Wreck Havoc on the Golf Course

[springfieldrental · 9/10 · 26 June 2023]

Nothing has a more calming effect than playing on a golf course swinging one's troubles away. That is until The Three Stooges arrive. In their 11th Columbia Pictures short, the trio wreck havoc on a private country club's ground in November 1935's "Three Little Beers." The movie, besides a brief office introduction inside the brewery's office, was filmed exclusively outside, making this the Stooges' most number of exterior location shots in all of their films.

Moe, Larry and Curly had just been hired as beer keg deliverymen when Moe spots a leaflet advertising a golf tournament at the local country club they're assigned for delivery. He thinks they can easily win the $100 prize. The three set out to show their skills on the golf course during the tournament held exclusively for members of the press. Through the process of golfing, Curly chops down a tree to retrieve his club and ball, Moe scours the fairway with divots in his attempts to hit a golf ball, and Larry destroys a putting green pulling on a stubborn root.

Filming took place at Los Angeles' Rancho Park Golf Course on Pico Boulevard across from the 20th Century Fox studios. Once the Stooges were chased out of the golf club they proceeded to deliver the beer kegs. Two barrels fell out of the truck on top of a hill on Scott Avenue in L. A.. While chasing the two barrels down the sloping street, the Stooges soon realized the rest of the barrels have spilled out of the truck, sending a cascade of them tumbling down onto the intersection of busy Echo Park Avenue. The Stooges' sequence is similar to Buster Keaton's barrel scene in his 1933 "What-No Beer!" "Three Little Beers" was producer Julius White's first handling of a Three Stooges short. The Hungarian-born Julius Weiss was introduced to motion pictures as a youngster in the 1910s, and was hired in 1930 by MGM to co-direct its canine series 'Dogville Comedies' with his friend Zion Myers. Just as Hal Roach Studios and Universal Pictures were winding down their short subject divisions, White, 33, was contracted by Columbia Pictures in 1933 to head its short productions. White, known for his quick turnarounds reminiscent of the silent comedy era, oversaw along with Hugh McCollum the studio's more than 500 short films for over 25 years until the late 1950s. Just about forty per-cent of White's work involved The Three Stooges.

Three Little Beers was another funny Three Stooges short from their early output

[tavm · 7/10 · 5 January 2011]

This is my review of the eleventh Three Stooges short made for Columbia Pictures. In this one, they are beer delivery men who find out about the company golf tournament and want in badly! So when they find out their errand goes to that place, they stop what they're doing and disastrously join in the festivities! Though there were plenty of funny lines and gags, I wasn't as much entertained as I was with the last 2 or 3 shorts since Moe seemed more bullying than usual for him, Curley (as his name was spelled during this time) wasn't as inventive though I loved his end of the "press" gag, and Larry seemed more of a non-entity this time though he still had his moments. It was nice to see usual Stooge regular Bud Jamison here again even though he was briefer than usual. It was also nice to see him finally get a credit for the first time here. Also getting a credit for the first time: producer Jules White. So for all that, Three Little Beers comes recommended.

I just can't see the appeal

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 13 April 2017]

"Three Little Beers" is a 16.5-minute live action short film from 1935, so this one is already over 80 years old. The director is Del Lord and this means indeed that here we have another Three Stooges short film, which also means this is a black-and-white sound film. The writer is Clyde Bruckman and he may not have worked on as many projects with the trio as Lord, but still on some occasions, even if today he is mostly known for his work with silent film legend Buster Keaton. Now at an IMDb rating of 8.2 by almost 550 people, this must be one of the highest-rated and most appreciated Stooges short films and this really surprises me and it also does not make their other work (and that's quite a lot) look too good actually as this short movie we have here wasn't particularly memorable. Moe and Larry are even more forgettable than usual and Curly also does not really make an impact despite the solid material he has at his disposal here. Overall, the comedy and slapstick just isn't good and I don't think these films, this one in particular, have aged too well. As a whole, it is also really random with the Stooges being in charge of beer barrels initially and then suddenly appearing on a golf course. Eventually, the action is back to the beer and you know what to expect here I'm sure. sadly the effects when the Stooges (especially Moe) are hit by the barrels don't look too convincing either. Gotta give this one a thumbs-down. Don't watch.

One Of The Best

[Dr Jazz · 10 August 2001]

I am a big Three Stooges fan and this is definately one of my faviroute shorts some of the funniest scenes in Three Stooges history were in this film. WARNING SPOILERS, My faviroute scenes were when Curly cut down a tree to get his ball back and then the groundskeeper came and yelled at him, and where Larry pulled a huge wire out of the ground that completely ruined the green and of course where Moe kept using his club like a shovel and ruined half the golf course. The best scene was the barrels rolling down the hill and causing chaos this film is not to be missed.

Three Little Beers (Del Lord, 1935) ***

[Bunuel1976 · 7/10 · 9 February 2008]

The cinematic spoofing of the high-class sports of golf was made famous by W. C. Fields in a couple of his films and even Laurel & Hardy tackled the subject in one of their underrated Silent shorts, SHOULD MARRIED MEN GO HOME? (1928); it's hardly surprising, therefore, to find The Three Stooges getting the golfing bug in this one and, later still, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis would do so too in THE CADDY (1953).

Anyway, The Stooges are newly-employed delivery-men with a beer-producing company who set their modest sights on winning the top $100 prize in a golfing competition between employees of their own firm; they stop during a delivery to spend an hour of training at the sport which, typically, is alien to them at this point…and their ideas sure don't get any clearer by the end of it. Happily, in lieu of their usual slaphappy schtick, we get several funny routines displaying their incompetence at the sport: Moe digging up innumerable holes in the green in his attempts to hit the ball and maintaining that he must be improving since the holes are getting smaller; Curly chopping down a tree because his ball has got itself stuck in it; Moe hitting dozens of golf balls with three tees simultaneously and striking down everybody who happens to be in the vicinity; Larry getting stuck in a cement pit and being dragged by the irate worker by his moppish hair; the boys being chased around the sloping town streets by their own kegs of beer which have gone loose, etc.

the boys go golfing

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 27 July 2021]

Larry, Curly, and Moe are bumbling brewery deliverymen. It's the company's annual golf tournament and 1st prize is 100 bucks. The guys sneak into a country club to learn to play golf.

Golf is a natural subject matter for the boys. It's easy to do and the high class backdrop clashes perfectly with the boys. I would rather have the boys dress as regular workmen while everybody else wear golf clothes. I like Curly doing his laundry. I think they could do more golf stuff. I know they like to do two parts in their shorts but a full-on takedown of golf culture would be more interesting. Then there is the Donkey Kong section. There are some stunts with doubles. The boys do take a few hits. It's hard to get more from the boys with such physically tough slapstick. This is very good although this leaves me wanting more.

I Just Watched the Masters

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 10 April 2018]

If your business is in trouble and you need some new workers, the logical thing is to hire the Three Stooges. They always raise the quality of work. Here, the get jobs delivering beer from a brewery. They are immediately fired, but to recoup money, enter a golf tournament. Of course, by the time they are done, they have destroyed both the beer business and the golf course. One can only watch a couple of these in one sitting because they are nearly all exactly the same.

the stooges go golfing

[movifan1785 · 2 August 2002]

This is a very funny short by the stooges they enter a golfing tournament so they can get money but just end up getting everyone mad for example Larry finds a string and keeps pulling it and it ruins the green, Moe also ruins the green by trying to hit the ball but keeps missing or not hitting it far and Curly gets his club stuck in a tree and then chops it down. Overall very funny.

Fun, but not as much fun as some of the other Stooge pictures

[elisereid-29666 · 7/10 · 7 March 2020]

This short has some great gags mixed in, but overall I found it somewhat mediocre and slow-paced. The Stooges wreaking havoc at a fancy golf course would've been a perfect opportunity for them to poke fun at the upper classes, as they did in their better films (such as Crash Goes the Hash), but here they seem to ignore the possibilities of doing so. Maybe golf fans would find it funnier, but I didn't. The final chase scene in particular struck me as being an afterthought that didn't really belong. Overall, it was OK, but not as great as it could've been.